# Accident 19980913023779A: Piper PA18150, Oxford, CT, September 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1998, 18:57 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7236K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7236K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 233 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980913023779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY ON LANDING AND RAN INTO THE WOODS. (.4) THE PILOT SAID HE MADE A THREE POINT LANDING, AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DRASTICALLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT. HE SAID HE TRIED TO CORRECT WITH POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A BRUSHY AREA VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.  EXAMINATION OF THE TAILWHEEL REVEALED THE RIGHT SIDE TAILWHEEL RUDDER SPRING WAS MISSING, WHILE THE LEFT SIDE WAS HANGING AND NOT CONNECTED.  ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE LOG BOOKS, THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1997.  THE AIRPLANE HAD ACCUMULATED OVER 6.5 HOURS SINCE IT WAS REBUILT IN SEPTEMBER 1997. PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION, THE LAST ENTRY IN THE LOG BOOK WAS DATED IN 1981.                      (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1998, AT APPROX. 1857 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA18-150, SERIAL NUMBER 18-127, N7236K, REGISTERED TO ALEXANDER ROZUM AND ROBERT WISLOCKI, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING LANDING AT THE WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT (OXC).  THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THEFLIGHT ORIGINATED AT OXC.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST COMPLETED TWO TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS (PIC) ALEXANDER ROZUM.  ROGERT T. WISLOCKI (PIC) AND HIS SON ROBE ROBERT A. WISLOCKI (PASSENGER) THEN MADE ONE TAKE-OFF AND CRASHED UPON LANDING. THE PILOT SAID THAT HIS SON WAS ABOUT TO GIVE HIS APPROVAL OF A GOOD LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DRASTICALLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT FOR NO APPARENT REASON.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PREFLIGHTED BY ROZUM AND WISLOCKI NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND THE TAIL WHEEL SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED.  THE PILOT (WISLOCKI) STATED THAT NO BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT ANY TIME DURING LANDING.  THE PASSENGER (HIS SON) FLIES MODEL AIRPLANES AND HAS FLOWN WITH HIS FATHER BEFORE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD98LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA108), Sep 13, 1998: Piper PA-18-150 (N7236K), Oxford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll due to separation of the tailwheel spring assembly.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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